Director Reveals Netflix’s Algorithm Rejected a Pitch for a Heath Ledger Comedy Sequel: ‘It’s the Strangest Thing’
While many sequel scripts have been scrapped in Hollywood, it seems thatBrian Helgeland’s attempts to deliver a follow-up to the Heath Ledger movieA Knight’s Talewas scuppered by a Netflix algorithm. In a new interview with the filmmaker, he explained that he had been keen to do a sequel to the medieval comedy but, despite continuing to be a popular choice among film lovers, his pitch toNetflixwas denied on the basis that their algorithm didn’t think there was enough interest in it....